So, I started with the hibernate2 example, modified components.xml to look like this: <core:hibernate-session-factory name="hibernateSessionFactory"/> | | <core:managed-hibernate-session name="bookingDatabase" | session-factory="#{hibernateSessionFactory}" | auto-create="true"/> | And then added an @Create method to HotelSearchingAction. Everything works perfect. AFAICT, this is equivalent to your setup, no? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4009681#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...